diff --git a/Version b/Version
index 3c5d0106b..d76bd2ba3 100644
--- a/Version
+++ b/Version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.16.6
+2.17.0
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 4abc4abda..d3ebd6705 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ author = u'IBM Corporation'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '2'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.16.6'
+release = '2.17.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-builder/xCAT-genesis-base.spec b/xCAT-genesis-builder/xCAT-genesis-base.spec
index 3bc288fb2..03b66047b 100644
--- a/xCAT-genesis-builder/xCAT-genesis-base.spec
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-builder/xCAT-genesis-base.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%global version %(rpm -q xCAT --qf "%{VERSION}" 2>/dev/null | grep -Po '[0-9\.]+' || echo "2.16.5")
+%global version %(rpm -q xCAT --qf "%{VERSION}" 2>/dev/null | grep -Po '[0-9\.]+' || echo "2.17.0")
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{?release:%{release}}%{!?release:snap%(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M")}
 %ifarch i386 i586 i686 x86